Rep. Mark Warden (R) was criticized for a comment he made last year during a hearing on a bill related to domestic violence laws."Some people could make the argument that a lot of people like being in abusive relationships,"

gnosis301:Wasn't there a news story yesterday about conservative women decrying this sort of shiat?

verbaltoxin:Remember just this week at CPAC, where the female conservative writer told the old farts in the party to STFU about women?

This happened faster than I had anticipated.

If the conservatives were listening to other ideas, they wouldn't keep trying the same failed ones. I love it when they turn around and accuse everyone else of being what they are, like some lunatic screaming "I'M NOT THE MAD ONE, YOU'RE MAD, YOU'RE ALL MAD, HAHAHAHAHA!!" as they're put into the padded cell.

GOP candidates need to stop letting the media define them as anti women, to paint them with out of context sound bites. The only way for this to happen is for every GOP candidate to discuss rape and women's issues every chance they get. They need to talk about what sex acts are really rape, what clothing choices constitute consent, when pregnancy can really occur, and everything else about anatomy and rape. If they remain silent the media will define their positions and paint a negative picture of them.

At this point, when I think of a women who votes Republican, I think of that lady you always saw on cops. She has a black eye, she's holding a filthy baby, her husband is drunk and belligerent on the couch, and she's screaming "but he luuuuuuurves me!" At the cops as they cuff him.

Headso:Rep. Mark Warden (R) was criticized for a comment he made last year during a hearing on a bill related to domestic violence laws."Some people could make the argument that a lot of people like being in abusive relationships,"

Yep, they are called middle class republicans.

And gay Republicans. And female Republicans. And non-white Republicans. And non-Christian Republicans.

bmongar:GOP candidates need to stop letting the media define them as anti women, to paint them with out of context sound bites. The only way for this to happen is for every GOP candidate to discuss rape and women's issues every chance they get. They need to talk about what sex acts are really rape, what clothing choices constitute consent, when pregnancy can really occur, and everything else about anatomy and rape. If they remain silent the media will define their positions and paint a negative picture of them.

Can we throw in some off-topic questions about how old the earth is and whether or not the sun and planets revolve around the earth?

doyner:The fact that these clowns continue to win elections is pretty representative of the debasing nature of their base.

Nevermind they don't have the slightest understanding of anatomy or science. Nevermind they have to have seminars on how to talk to people without sounding like an racist misogynist asshole. Nevermind that their idea of fiscal responsibility is trying to overturn Obamacare 50 times, paying 500Billion for a plane that doesn't work, and charging the taxpayer 24Billion to close down the government. These guys don't have a -D by their name, so they get my vote.

gnosis301:Wasn't there a news story yesterday about conservative women decrying this sort of shiat?

Point of order: that lady at CPAC wasn't 'decrying' this sort of shiat - she was just telling the menfolk to stop saying it out loud where voters could hear.

She didn't say "don't say this stuff even in private", or "don't say this stuff at all", or "don't think about women like this", or even "don't think that wife-beating is funny". For that matter, she didn't even say that the conservative women shouldn't say things like this.

And given conservatives ideas of 'reforming' their message, I have to think that last one was what she really meant. She was just telling male republicans to not spew this shiat or to actually change their ways - she was just pointing out a belief that it'll go over better coming out of a woman's mouth.

LordJiro:Headso: Rep. Mark Warden (R) was criticized for a comment he made last year during a hearing on a bill related to domestic violence laws."Some people could make the argument that a lot of people like being in abusive relationships,"

Yep, they are called middle class republicans.

And gay Republicans. And female Republicans. And non-white Republicans. And non-Christian Republicans.

And pretty much any Republican who isn't in the 1%. They opposed an increase in the minimum wage, and eliminating the tricks employers have traditionally used to avoid paying overtime.

It's like I was telling my black friend the other day. I said "Oh Porterhouse, look at the wax build up on these shoes! I want that wax stripped off there, then I want them creamed and buffed with a fine chamois, and I want them now. Chop chop!"

Jesus, what morans... It's one thing to make jokes like this over some beers while watching a game or at the bar. Most people make jokes they aren't always proud of. The difference is that THIS genius posted it on farking Facebook. Want to make misogynist jokes with your buddies? Fine, keep it between YOU and YOUR BUDDIES.

A co-worker told me that same joke a year or two ago...I laughed at the time. I told it to my wife that evening...she laughed and groaned at the same time.

It's the kind of joke that you'd tell to an audience of one or two friends...you know it's inappropriate, but the thought of a woman dipped in beer-batter makes it funny.

However, when you broadcast it to a wide audience, no one will acknowledge thinking it's funny, because at that level, you're not dipping a woman into batter, your making fun of a very large group of mostly-helpless victims.

Exactly. See, he was pretending to be an out-of-touch, historical caricature of a chauvinist. In fact, he plays this character all of the time. He's way better at it than Stephen Colbert, who can't even maintain this character for an entire episode.

This guy is a real pro. He LIVES his character. You libs just don't get it.

Their legislative chamber has a LOT of reps compared to their population. They have 400 reps and only 1.3 million people. So even if they just had the normal percentage of potato-americans (which they dont), the raw numbers in the legislature would still be high.

I'm beginning to think that some time in the future someone will come up with a psychiatric diagnosis for this, because there has got to be something wrong with these people's brains. This stopped being funny a long time ago. Now it's just sad Twilight Zone.

You know, even when I don't think a joke is funny, I can usually at least figure out the line of thought that led to someone trying to tell it as a joke. This one, I can't follow at all. I saw the pic -I get the "eating" reference, though not the "plain" part- but what does one clause even have to do with the other? Why would the number make any difference? Is this a joke, or a political statement, or a word salad?